Saltcellar



E. B. SWEETSER.

SALTCELLAR. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 12. I916.

Patented Sept. 14,1920.

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Specification of Letterslatent. P

Application filed me 12, 191 Serial N;..- 1 3,ag, a

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EMERY a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Saltcellars, set forth in the following specification.

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This invention relates to sprinkling dispensers of the type usually employed in connection with salt, black pepper, paprika and the like. 7

An object of my invention is to provide for the dispensing of a pulverulent material such as salt or pepper in a satisfactory manner and the provision of an improved container for storing and dispensing such material. The principal object of my invention is to improve the method of closing a non-corrosive, perforated dispensing cap upon a non-corrosive hollow containing body. I

The above will be more clearly understood from the illustrative embodiment of my invention described in the following specification which should be read in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, in which like characters designate correspondin parts in the several figures, and in which vertical section with parts shown in elevation of an embodiment of my invention; Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the body portion of my dispenser drawn to half scale; Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the disk or cap of my dispenser drawn to half scale; and Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the clamping metal shell of my dispenser drawn to half scale.

In the drawings A indicates the body of my dispenser which may conveniently be molded or cast from glass or other suitable vitreous material. It has a glass base portion 1 which may be suitably ornamented as by cutting The body also has a vertical, cylindrical shell 2 with an open top 3 and is formed with threads 4 located at a considerable distance below the open top 3, preferably at or near the base portion 1. B suitably cut from a portion of oyster shell or other sea shell is suitably formed as to size and configuration to form a dispensing cap having perforations 5 and an annular seat 6 to fit snugly uponthe seat 3 and a marginal flange 7 preferably3 de ressed below the surface 8 of the cap sheet metal shell C may be spun into cylindrical means 9. This feature *igure 1 is a A disk form with an internal annular flange 9 to takeover the flange 7 of the cap B. It is to be understood that the flange 7 is functionally nothing more than an internal gripping means and is not necessarily limited in form to a continuous flange. The lower portion of the cylindrical shell C is formed with threads 10 adapted to take over the threads 4 of the body portion A. The internal diameter of the sheet metal shell C is preferably greater than the external diameter of the cylindrical glass shell 2. A certain amount of play is therefore permitted to the top portion of the sheet metal shell 0 so that irregularities in the cap B may be compensated and the threads 10 located at a considerable distance from the cap B and top of the cylindrical shell 2 when yielding slightly will give a multiple movement in the locality has considerable advantage in effectinga tight closure of the of the gripping cap B upon the top portion A. The threads 4 and 10 also accommodate various thicknesses of disk B. There is a further advantage in the positioning of the threads at a material distance from the cap 13. hen the shell adapted to hold the cap in place is threaded in the immediate locality of the cap, any irregularity in the threads is manifest in its entirety at the flange gripping the cap in place so that, as a result, the cap is clamped to its seat more .firmly at one 10- cality than another. When the threads are at a material distance away from the cap andthe shell is loose about. the part 2, as in exerted by thev may be readily filled and the entire structure quickly assembled.

What I claim and what I desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is A sprinkling dispenser for pulverulent material comprising a hollow body having an opening at the top and a surrounding upwardly directed seat, external screw threads a material distance below said seat and an Q a, V 1,352,701

external portion between said threads and ing screw threads for engaging said screw said seat free from shell engagin means; 2. threads on said bod to clamp said cap upon 10 perforated dispensing cap over ying and said seat with a sel' -adjusting uniform presseating upon said seat; an external shell sure about said seat. v s having inwardly extending means for grip- In witness whereof I have signed my p ng said cap, fitting freely and loosely name to this specification, this 10th day of about said external portion of said body June, 1916.

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